thanks, that gives me the info I need. > -----Original Message----- > From: django-users@googlegroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Al Abut > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 11:16 AM > To: Django users > Subject: Re: newbie django vs. djangoamf [heur] > Importance: Low > > > > Correct me if I'm wrong but from what I understand, it's an open > source approximation of flash remoting. If you're not familiar with > what that is, there's basically two ways to get data into a flash app > - either xml or or a binary file format that's served up by adobe's > server-side software (remoting). xml has the advantage of being an > easy-to-work-with text format and free as in beer, but the > disadvantage is that it's verbose and so file size can get pretty big > for a web app, plus flash then has to represent all that data in > memory and then there's the issue of parsing it to get the data out > (which has gotten easier with actionscript 3, but still). the upside > of flash remoting is that it's a binary, so it's tiny relative to xml, > and that it gets loaded as native data objects directly into the flash > client, so the actionscript can just refer directly to an array > element or whatever. > > it depends on what you need. i've made a whole career out of staying > away from macrodobe's proprietary server-side stuff and worked with > xml as close as possible, and for most purposes that's still more than > good enough, but we've explored using openamf/djangoamf at my current > gig because the responsiveness of the app and being able to load data > very quickly is a big priority. > > > -- > Al Abut > -- > web designer, crimefighter > http://alabut.com > -- > > > > On Jul 10, 6:36 am, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >From this > URLhttp://djangoamf.sourceforge.jp/index.php?DjangoAMF_en: > > > > Django AMF is a Middleware for Django web framework written > in Python. > > It enables Flash/Flex applications to invoke Django's view functions > > using AMF(Action Message Format). > > > > A MiddleWare is a piece of code that is hooked in an HTTP request. > > > > The answer is you need both. > > > > Install Django, > > Download and add the middleware to your django project > > configure django's settings.py with MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES containing > > djangoamf. > > > > On Jul 10, 3:21 pm, "Sells, Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm a Pythonista, but new to django. I am building my > first Flex app. > > > Using Flex 3.0Beta. This is a rewrite of an Ajax > prototype built with > > > dojotoolkit. I have completed the flex side, using > static url's that point > > > to xml files with expected responses. > > > > > When I google 'flex python' I get alot of hits for > djangoamf, but none of > > > them say what it is or how it differs from django. > > > > > I don't know if I should use django 0.96 or djangoamf. > I'm developing on XP > > > but will deploy on Linux. Using Python 2.4 for now. > > > > > Could I get some enlightenment please? > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------- > > > The information contained in this message may be > privileged and / or > > > confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader > of this message is > > > not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that > any dissemination, > > > distribution or copying of this communication is strictly > prohibited. If you > > > have received this communication in error, please notify > the sender > > > immediately by replying to this message and deleting the > material from any > > > computer. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------- > > > >
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